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Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1988Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis, with their complications, remain major health problems in the United States. At this time, cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for all patients with symptomatic gallstones and those with acute cholecystitis, except those who are too ill to undergo surgery. Present therapeutic options may be summarized as follows:
Taylor El, Harrington Tm
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The American Journal of Surgery, 1967
Twelve cases of acalculous cholecystitis are reviewed and the pathologic condition discussed. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult to make. The increased morbidity associated with cholecystectomy in patients with acalculous disease makes mandatory a search for associated diseases, a classification of which is offered.
Andrew M. Munster, James R. Brown
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Twelve cases of acalculous cholecystitis are reviewed and the pathologic condition discussed. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult to make. The increased morbidity associated with cholecystectomy in patients with acalculous disease makes mandatory a search for associated diseases, a classification of which is offered.
Andrew M. Munster, James R. Brown
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Archives of Surgery, 1968
THE CAUSE of jaundice in patients with cholecystitis is not always obvious. If a common duct stone is not found, unproved causes of jaundice may be suggested to justify failure to adequately explore or to perform biopsy. Since jaundice may occur in nearly one third of patients with cholecystitis, and since a common duct stone is found in less than half
Drew D. Williams +2 more
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THE CAUSE of jaundice in patients with cholecystitis is not always obvious. If a common duct stone is not found, unproved causes of jaundice may be suggested to justify failure to adequately explore or to perform biopsy. Since jaundice may occur in nearly one third of patients with cholecystitis, and since a common duct stone is found in less than half
Drew D. Williams +2 more
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CHOLECYSTITIS WITH PERFORATION
Archives of Surgery, 1946IN AN attempt to determine the true incidence of perforation of the gallbladder in a large series of necropsies, a review was made of 12,000 consecutive routine autopsies done at the Los Angeles County Hospital from April 1936 to January 1942. It is evident from the results of this large series of necropsies that the incidence and mortality of ...
George A. Johnstone, John E. Ostendorph
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Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis
Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants, 2005Gallstone disease remains one of the most common medical problems leading to surgical intervention. Every year, approximately 500,000 cholecystectomies are performed in the US. Cholelithiasis affects approximately 10% of the adult population in the United States. It has been well demonstrated that the presence of gallstones increases with age.
Kathryne L. Winters +2 more
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Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis
Pediatrics In Review, 20091. Susan Guralnick, MD 1. Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook, NY Biliary Tract Disease in Children. McEvoy CF, Suchy FJ. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1996; 42: 75–98[OpenUrl][1] Cholelithiasis. Friedman JR, Crawford Kennedy M. eMedicine Specialties, Pediatrics: General Medicine, Gastroenterology. 2009.
Susan, Guralnick, Janet, Serwint
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Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis
The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 1981(Fibro) xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis is an uncommon lesion which may form a tumor-like mass in inflamed gallbladders. A few cases have been mistaken for neoplasms. In a review of 40 cases there were 26 associated with gallstones and nine with tumors of the biliary tract, six of which also had stones.
Z D, Goodman, K G, Ishak
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Archives of Surgery, 2010
Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain that can present in the setting of trauma, malignancy, and bleeding diathesis, such as renal failure, cirrhosis, and anticoagulation. Its symptoms are easily confused with acute calculous cholecystitis and might include hemobilia or hematemesis as blood drains from the gallbladder into the ...
Justin, Parekh, Carlos U, Corvera
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Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain that can present in the setting of trauma, malignancy, and bleeding diathesis, such as renal failure, cirrhosis, and anticoagulation. Its symptoms are easily confused with acute calculous cholecystitis and might include hemobilia or hematemesis as blood drains from the gallbladder into the ...
Justin, Parekh, Carlos U, Corvera
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 1988
Acute cholecystitis is a common cause of the acute abdomen. The diagnosis has been distinctly improved with the development of ultrasonography and hepatobiliary scanning over the past 20 years. The treatment is cholecystectomy, with early as opposed to delayed operation gaining increasing popularity nationwide.
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Acute cholecystitis is a common cause of the acute abdomen. The diagnosis has been distinctly improved with the development of ultrasonography and hepatobiliary scanning over the past 20 years. The treatment is cholecystectomy, with early as opposed to delayed operation gaining increasing popularity nationwide.
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